James Badge Dale

James Badge Dale
Dale at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	James Badgett Dale May 1, 1978 (1978-05-01) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present

James Badge Dale (born May 1, 1978) is an American actor who starred in the AMC drama series Rubicon. He is most famous for his role of Chase Edmunds in the third season of 24 and Robert Leckie in the HBO miniseries The Pacific.

Early years

Dale was born James Badgett Dale in New York City to actor/choreographer Grover Dale and actress Anita Morris. At 10, he was picked out of his 5th grade class at Wonderland Elementary School in Laurel Canyon to test for the role of "Simon" in a remake of Lord Of The Flies. After five months on location in Jamaica, he returned to his schooling at Wonderland Elementary. He is an alumnus of Manhattanville College where he was a goalie for the hockey team until he ripped the muscles in his leg. This break from sports re-ignited his passion for acting. After the drama department at Manhattanville offered all it could he decided to move to NY where he started to train as an actor.

Career

His most notable works to date are in the 1990 film adaptation of Lord of the Flies (in which he played the part of Simon) and the role of Chase Edmunds in the third season of the Fox TV series 24. He later reprised the role of Chase in the video game of the same title.

He is cast as the lead in AMC's Rubicon, a political thriller from Jason Horwitch and Warner Horizon. Directed by Allen Coulter, the thriller revolves around a secret society that pulls the strings on the world political stage like the alleged Illuminati and the Council on Foreign Relations. It centers on Will Travers (Dale), a brilliant analyst at a national think tank who discovers that his employers are not who they seem to be.

He has a supporting role in the Oscar-winning movie The Departed alongside Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, and Leonardo DiCaprio. He stars as one of the three leads in the big-budget HBO miniseries The Pacific, from executive producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.

He also appeared in CSI: Miami and its spin-off CSI: NY as Henry Darius, a serial killer. The storyline originally began in CSI: Miami's Season 4 episode, "Felony Flight" and ended in the CSI: NY Season 2 episode, "Manhattan Manhunt", resulting in a crossover between the two shows.

Filmography

Television

• Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2002) as Danny Jordan
• Hack (2003) as Billy Ryan
• 24 (2003–2004) as Chase Edmunds, 24 episodes
• Rescue Me (2004) as Timo Gavin
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005) as Adam Trent
• CSI: Miami (2005) as Henry Darius
• CSI: NY (2005) as Henry Darius
• The Black Donnellys (2007) as Samson Dawlish
• Fort Pit (2007) (TV) as Bobby Bonelli
• The Pacific (2010) (mini) as Robert Leckie
• Rubicon (2010) (TV) as Will Travers

Film

• Lord of the Flies (1990) as Simon
• Nola (2003) as Ben
• Cross Bronx (2004) as Rob-O
• The Naked Brothers Band (2005) as Romantic Newlywed
• The Departed (2006) as Barrigan
• The Conspirator (2010) as William Hamilton
• NoNAMES (2010) as Kevin
• Polish Bar (2010) as Tommy
• Shame (2011) as David
• The Grey (2012) as Lewenden
• Flight (2012)
• World War Z (2012) as Military Officer
• The Lone Ranger (2013) as Dan Reid

External links

• James Badge Dale at the Internet Movie Database
• Nellie Andreeva; Kimberly Nordyke (18 December 2008). "James Badge Dale joins AMC thriller". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i5f45653915ac112412054e75010f38de. Retrieved 2009-01-08.